Elixir v1.8.1 API Reference
Modules
Key-based access to data structures
Agents are a simple abstraction around state
A module for working with applications and defining application callbacks
Convenience functions for working with atoms
Mechanism for handling behaviours
A set of macros that perform calculations on bits
This module defines the responsibilities for working with calendars, dates, times and datetimes in Elixir
A calendar implementation that follows to ISO 8601
This module defines a behaviour for providing time zone data
Built-in time zone database that works only in Etc/UTC
Utilities for managing code compilation, code evaluation, and code loading
A protocol to traverse data structures
A Date struct and functions
Returns an inclusive range between dates
A datetime implementation with a time zone
Generic API for dictionaries
A supervisor that starts children dynamically
Provides a set of algorithms to work with enumerables
Functions to format throw/catch/exit and exceptions
This module contains functions to manipulate files
A struct that holds file information
Defines a File.Stream
struct returned by File.stream!/3
Functions for working with floating-point numbers
A set of functions for working with functions
A event manager with event handlers behaviour
A behaviour module for implementing the server of a client-server relation
Tuple-based HashDict implementation
Tuple-based HashSet implementation
Functions handling input/output (IO)
Functionality to render ANSI escape sequences
Defines an IO.Stream
struct returned by IO.stream/2
and IO.binstream/2
A set of functions for creating and manipulating algebra documents
Defines the options used by the Inspect
protocol
Functions for working with integers
A module responsible for compiling and requiring files in parallel
Special forms are the basic building blocks of Elixir, and therefore cannot be overridden by the developer
A set of functions for working with keywords
Functions that work on (linked) lists
The List.Chars
protocol is responsible for
converting a structure to a charlist (only if applicable)
Conveniences for working with macros
A struct that holds compile time environment information
A set of functions for working with maps
Functions that work on sets
Provides functions to deal with modules during compilation time
A NaiveDateTime struct (without a time zone) and functions
Functions related to VM nodes
Functions for parsing command line options
This module provides conveniences for manipulating or retrieving file system paths
Functions for interacting with the external world through ports
Conveniences for working with processes and the process dictionary
Functions for working with protocols
Defines a range
Module to work with, define, and import records
Provides regular expressions for Elixir
A local, decentralized and scalable key-value process storage
Generic API for sets
Functions for creating and composing streams
A String in Elixir is a UTF-8 encoded binary
The String.Chars
protocol is responsible for
converting a structure to a binary (only if applicable)
Controls an IO device process that wraps a string
A behaviour module for implementing supervisors
Outdated functions for building child specifications
Conveniences for spawning and awaiting tasks
A task supervisor
A Time struct and functions
Functions for working with tuples
Utilities for working with URIs
Functions for parsing and matching versions against requirements
Exceptions
Raised when a struct cannot be inspected